Despite popular belief, I do chop poker tournaments. Granted, I was dubbed “No-Chop” Chad by Jason Mercier during the 2013 World Series of Poker — the result of turning down an under-the-table chop with my heads-up opponent — but the fact of the matter is I chop quite often, but only when it’s to my advantage.
There’s been a lot of chop talk as of late, specifically regarding whether or not WSOP officials should facilitate them in both gold bracelet events and daily deepstacks. I’m not going to touch upon that in this article other than to say I think the European Poker Tour has done a great job facilitating chops and the WSOP should follow their example.